I heard so much about the Gyan. Whatever I heard was beautiful and wonderful. Whenever people have expressed their experience of it, they have done so eloquently and clearly. Yet, as I prepared myself to receive the Gyan, I had some misconceptions as to what it might be. Even before I asked for the Gyan, I sat with someone else who had it and enquired how they found it? I was building in my mind a concept of what it was going to be. It led to certain preconceived ideas, which did not help me.
The Gyan is completely different to anything that can be described in words. It literally blows your mind! I can’t put it into sweet flowery language. This is very difficult, and now I understand why people don’t talk about it for a long time after receiving it. What I can say, is there was no earth shattering light. Yet it was deeply profound, because it was so very, very, very, simple!
When the enlightened being infront of me warmed up the context for the Gyan, it was like a chat. He talked about five pledges, which I was more than happy to accept, even though they overwhelmed me with the wisdom they contained. I was tearful for a while. Then, I received something of a science lesson – just through more chatting. I kept thinking ‘when is it going to start? When is this Gyan going to happen?’. I wondered if I would just get some sort of plan of action, or a ritual to follow. And then, bang! There it was out of the blue, and it shocked me through its simplicity. I actually felt ‘wow, wow!’.
I think having Gyan is so different for every single individual person, because we each need a different thing from it. We get what we need and what I needed was a slap in the face! I think what I needed was that shock – that sudden realisation. That’s just what I got. I am not a religious person in any shape or form. I love Churches, because they are such beautiful buildings, but I have difficulty with the rituals behind organised worship and religion. The words spoken in places of worship tend to focus on objects, things and forms. What I found with Gyan, was uniquely inspiring. It pointed to what is, and yet can’t be seen. There is no form to the Gyan, and this helped me to understand what people mean when they say God is all around. I understand it now, but did not understand before. Prior to Gyan, it was just a set of words without meaning.
When it is said ‘God is in everyone, you are God and you carry God with you’, I understand it now. Each person needs to realise it for themselves. Now I really feel God to be everywhere. He is within me, and around me. I never imagined I would ever say those words, because whenever I heard other people saying such things, I thought they were weird! But now I understand, and all I have to say, is ‘Thank you’.
Maggie Fletcher, Cannock
